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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Proverbs 31:12

She will doe him good, and not euill, all the dayes of her life.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Economics;   Poetry;   Wife;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Co-Operation;   Unity-Strife;   Woman;   The Topic Concordance - Charity;   Praise;   Speech/communication;   Virtue;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Wives;   Woman;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Lemuel;   Letters;   Proverb, the Book of;   Woman;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wife;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Beauty;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Wife;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Education;   Lemuel;   Marriage;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acrostic;   Proverbs, Book of;   Wisdom and Wise Men;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ethics;   Marriage;   Massa;   Song of Songs;   Trade and Commerce;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Home (2);   Parents (2);   Sirach;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Acrostics;   Monogamy;   Poetry;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She rewards him with good, not evil,all the days of her life.
Hebrew Names Version
She does him good, and not harm, All the days of her life.
King James Version
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
English Standard Version
She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
New American Standard Bible
She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
New Century Version
She does him good and not harm for as long as she lives.
Amplified Bible
She comforts, encourages, and does him only good and not evil All the days of her life.
World English Bible
She does him good, and not harm, All the days of her life.
Geneva Bible (1587)
She will doe him good, and not euill all the dayes of her life.
Legacy Standard Bible
She deals bountifully with him for good and not evilAll the days of her life.
Berean Standard Bible
She will bring him good and not harm all the days of her life.
Contemporary English Version
She is good to him every day of her life,
Complete Jewish Bible
ג She works to bring him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
Darby Translation
She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
Easy-to-Read Version
She does good for her husband all her life. She never causes him trouble.
George Lamsa Translation
She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Good News Translation
As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm.
Lexham English Bible
She does him good, but not harm all the days of her life.
Literal Translation
She deals good with him, and not evil, all the days of her life.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She wil do him good & not euel all ye dayes of hir life.
American Standard Version
She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.
Bible in Basic English
She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
She doeth him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
She wyll do hym good, and not euill, all the dayes of her lyfe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For she employs all her living for her husband’s good.
English Revised Version
She doeth him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sche schal yelde to hym good, and not yuel, in alle the daies of hir lijf.
Update Bible Version
She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
Webster's Bible Translation
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
New English Translation
She brings him good and not evil all the days of her life.
New King James Version
She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
New Living Translation
She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
New Life Bible
She does him good and not bad all the days of her life.
New Revised Standard
She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
She doeth him good and not evil, all the days of her life:
Douay-Rheims Bible
She will render him good, and not evil all the days of her life.
Revised Standard Version
She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
Young's Literal Translation
She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.

Contextual Overview

10 Who can finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue Rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doeth safely trust in her, so that he shall haue no need of spoile. 12 She will doe him good, and not euill, all the dayes of her life. 13 She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants ships, she bringeth her food from afarre. 15 Shee riseth also while it is yet night, and giueth meate to her household, and a portion to her maydens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her handes she planteth a Uineyard. 17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes. 18 She perceiueth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her handes to the spindle, and her handes hold the distaffe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:18-22, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:27

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:19 - But

Cross-References

Genesis 31:37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuffe, what hast thou found of all thy houshold stuffe? set it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, that they may iudge betwixt vs both.
Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Isaac had bin with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now emptie: God hath seene mine affliction, and the labour of my hands, & rebuked thee yesternight.
Genesis 31:43
And Laban answered and said vnto Iacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattell are my cattell, and all that thou seest, is mine: and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or vnto their children which they haue borne?
Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said, I haue surely seene the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and haue heard their crie, by reason of their taske-masters: for I know their sorrowes,
Exodus 3:9
Now therefore behold, the crie of the children of Israel is come vnto me: and I haue also seene the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them.
Leviticus 19:13
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired, shal not abide with thee all night, vntill the morning.
Deuteronomy 24:15
At his day thou shalt giue him his hire, neither shall the Sun goe downe vpon it, for he is poore, and setteth his heart vpon it, lest hee crie against thee vnto the Lord, and it bee sinne vnto thee.
Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poore, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise (saith the Lord,) I will set him in safetie from him that puffeth at him.
Psalms 139:3
Thou compassest my path, and my lying downe, and art acquainted with all my wayes.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poore, and violent peruerting of iudgement, and iustice in a prouince, maruell not at the matter: for he that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

She will do him good, and not evil,.... Or, repay good unto him, give him thanks for all the good things bestowed by him on her; will seek his interest, and promote his honour and glory to the uttermost; all the good works she does, which she is qualified for, and ready to perform, are all done in his name and strength, and with a view to his glory; nor will she do any evil willingly and knowingly against him, against his truths and ordinances; or that is detrimental to his honour, and prejudicial to his interest, 2 Corinthians 13:8;

all the days of her life; through which she desires to serve him in righteousness and true holiness; and to be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in his work, Luke 1:74.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 31:12. She will do him good

4. She has her husband's happiness in view constantly. She recompenses all his kindness to her in beneficent acts. For kind words she returns kind deeds.

1) Her good is unmixed; she will do him good, and not evil.

2) Her good is not capricious; it is constant and permanent, while she and her husband live. His heart safely trusts in her, for she will do him good all the days of her life. This is her general character.


 
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